BBC Radio 2 | Young Choristers of the Year 2018 (The grand final of the competition 30.10.2018)

BBC Radio 2 | Young Choristers of the Year 2018 (The grand final of the competition 30.10.2018)
The eight finalists of BBC Radio 2’s Young Choristers of the Year 2018 & the Hymns and songs performed by the finalists:
03:06 | Self introduction of the choristers
05:05 | Cassian Pichler-Roca (Tewkesbury Abbey): "Light of the World" (John Dankworth) & "Christ Triumphant" (Guiting Power)
10:37 | Oliver Simcock (Warwick School): "Dear Lord and Father of mankind" (Repton) & "Hymn to the Virgin" (Rubbra)
15:27 | Alexander Leatherbarrow (Liverpool Cathedral): "Little Road to Bethlehem" (Michael Head) & "My heart ever faithful" (Bach)
20:39 | Frederick Butler (Canterbury Cathedral): "City of God, how broad and far" (Richmond) & "Love divine" (Howard Goodall)
26:35 | Why the girls enjoy to sing
28:09 | Grace Dixon (St Asaph Cathedral): "Make me a channel of your peace" (Temple) & "How beautiful are the feet" (Handel)
33:05 | Emilia Jaques (Queen Mary’s School, Thirsk): "Come thou long expected Jesus" (Stainer) & "Blessed are all they that fear the Lord" (Handel)
37:36 | Sophie Stringfellow (St Matthew’s Choir, Northampton): "Be thou my vision" (Slane) & "Ex ore innocentium" (Ireland)
43:02 | Brooke Elley (Norwich Cathedral): "The Lord’s my shepherd" (Stuart Townend) & "Pie Jesu" (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
48:20 | Singer songwriter Thea Gilmore gave a first performance of her song "Don’t Dim Your Light For Anyone"
52:56 | The announcement of the winners
53:34 | The winners sing "Brother James' Air"
Eight young finalists compete for the title “BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 2018”. Hosted by Blue Peter presenter Radzi Chinyanganya, this year's competition comes from the BBC Philharmonic studio in MediacityUK. The judges this year are composer and conductor, Bob Chilcott (Chair of Judges); Caroline Redman Lusher (singer/musician and founder and director of the Rock Choir) and Simon Lole (former organist of Salisbury Cathedral, composer, vocal coach and Musical Director). Whilst the judges reach their decision, singer songwriter Thea Gilmore gives a first performance of a new song from her forthcoming album.
A 15-year-old girl from North Yorkshire and a chorister at a Gloucestershire abbey have been named BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year.
Emilia Jaques, head chorister at Queen Mary's School in Topcliffe, and Cassian Pichler-Roca, who sings with Schola Cantorum in Tewkesbury, were announced as winners on Tuesday night.
The pair took the accolades after impressing in the final held at the BBC Philharmonic Studios in MediaCityUK.
The contest is now in its 32nd year.
Presented by Blue Peter's Radzi Chinyanganya, the competition celebrates young talent singing for worship in churches, chapels, cathedrals and beyond.
Eight finalists, aged between 11 and 16, performed in front of a panel of judges, with organisers calling the standard of singers "exceptionally high".
Cassian, 12, of Dean Close School in Cheltenham, and Emilia, who is head chorister at her school, will now have the opportunity to record with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
Previous winners have gone on to star in West End musicals, sign recording contracts and appear on various BBC programmes including Radio 4's Daily Service and BBC One's Songs of Praise.
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